It's available on Amazon as paperback, hardcover and ebook: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Anniversary-ebook/dp/B0063HC7EQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=zen+and+the+art+of+motorcycle+maintenance&qid=1629378375&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
I read the book eons ago and I remember very little details, just that I enjoyed it very much. I'm looking forward to rereading it. Pieter On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 at 14:52, Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> wrote: > Searching "Zen and the art of" as a title in the Boston Public Library > yields 101 results. There are two ecopies of ZAMM with 18 holds queued, > could take as much as 18 weeks to reach the head of the queue. > > Eugen Herrigel's Zen in the Art of Archery has this comment from a library > patron: > > First I ever saw this zen classic was over at my uncle's house in > Pacifica, California. He left a closet full of his books after he passed > from exposure in the Santa Cruz Mountains. After John Lennon was > assassinated (not long before Ronald Reagan--former governor of > California---was to be inaugurated), I tried to recuperate partially there. > The cover of the book looked nothing like the library's copy, but the real > gen still waits within, for those with open minds. Can you clear that busy > mind, with all its preoccupations and agendas, and simply concentrate on > taking the bow string into your thumb and finger, and release the arrow, at > the exact perfect time, but not using your conscious mind? "There followed > weeks and months of fruitless practice. I could take my standard again and > again from the way the Master shot, see with my own eyes the nature of the > correct loose; but not a single one succeeded."//// Rest in Peace, George > Simon; Rest in Peace, John Winston Ono Lennon." Hoyen of Gosozen (died > 1140) says, 'Here is a man who, turning the emptiness of space into a sheet > of paper, the waves of the ocean into an inkwell, and Mount Sumeru into a > brush, writes these five characters: SO-SHI-SAI-RAI-I. To such, i spread my > zagu and make my profound bow.' " > > -- rec -- > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 11:57 PM Merle Lefkoff <merlelefk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> There's been some publicity lately about enticing young people away from >> a tech or finance future--substituting, instead, the possibility of >> becoming a skilled plumber or electrician, or better yet an ecological >> farmer. Those are the jobs we'll perhaps need in the near future as we >> attempt to survive on a transformed planet. Pirsig lives as a guide to our >> fragile future. >> >> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 9:32 PM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> When will you be back here? >>> >>> --- >>> Frank C. Wimberly >>> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, >>> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >>> >>> 505 670-9918 >>> Santa Fe, NM >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 9:17 PM <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> No. Actually I hadn’t thought of that. Too far east for those sorts >>>> of thoughts, right now. Let’s see what David supposes. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> N >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Nick Thompson >>>> >>>> thompnicks...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly >>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 11:03 PM >>>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >>>> friam@redfish.com> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] "ZAMM" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> David can answer for himself. I think you want to lead a seminar. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Frank C. Wimberly >>>> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, >>>> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >>>> >>>> 505 670-9918 >>>> Santa Fe, NM >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 9:01 PM <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Gary, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It would be great to hear from somebody reading it for the first time. >>>> I am, I think, the only person to have read *Go Set a Watchman *and *To >>>> Kill a Mockingbird* in the order in which they were written, not the >>>> order in which they were published. I thought it gave me a unique >>>> perspective. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Nick Thompson >>>> >>>> thompnicks...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Gary Schiltz >>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 18, 2021 10:53 PM >>>> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >>>> friam@redfish.com> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] "ZAMM" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It’s one I’ve always intended to read, but somehow never got around to >>>> it. I’d be interested, but need to read it soon. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 8:46 PM <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Colleagues, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I wonder if Pirsig’s *Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance *was a >>>> thing for any of you, and if you would be interested in pursuing a thread >>>> about it and, if so, if you would be willing to get it down off your shelf >>>> and flip through it, looking for the parts you loved and the parts you >>>> hated. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> N >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Nick Thompson >>>> >>>> thompnicks...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>>> >>> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. >> Center for Emergent Diplomacy >> emergentdiplomacy.org >> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA >> >> mobile: (303) 859-5609 >> skype: merle.lelfkoff2 >> twitter: @merle110 >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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